Does patrolling with 0 unrest kill population too?

tinkthank · #1 April 25th, 2004, 11:14 AM

Short question: If I patroll (instead of defend) in a province because I have a fortress there and want to defeat incoming enemies, will this *also* reduce the population count (which happens when you patrol to reduce unrest), or only if "filthy" upstarts are killed?
thank you in advance

Minrhael · #2 April 25th, 2004, 11:35 AM

Only if you kill upstarts.

tinkthank · #3 April 26th, 2004, 01:26 AM

Aha, couldnt see that because of death/growth scales.
Great, this changes my strategy considerably. I will now patrol much more often!
Thanks for the quick reply

Kuroth1 · #4 April 25th, 2004, 03:14 PM

I am new to this game...

What does "Only if you kill upstarts" mean????

Thanks!

tinkthank · #5 April 25th, 2004, 03:45 PM

I think the terminus technicus is "kill filthy trouble makers": it means what you do when you try to get rid of unrest in a province by patrolling.

Endoperez · #6 April 25th, 2004, 03:59 PM

If there is unrest in province, patrolling forces look out for the troublemakers and kill them, reducing unrest. Population is lowered by a certain number (5?) for every point of unrest removed.

The question in this thread was whether patrolling reduces unrest if there is no unrest present. It doesn't, and because of this you have no reason not to patrol with your armies when they are in your fortress: if there is a surprise attack, your forces will catch the attackers.